Did this story’s headline make you click on it? A Trump precinct in Wallingford??? Say it ain’t so!!!
Well, it ain’t.
Last week King County Elections released it’s precinct-level voting data from the November 2024 general election. Precincts are essentially a grouping of registered voters in a radius of a few blocks. If you attended the 2004 (Kerry/Dean/Kucinich), the 2008 (Obama/Hillary), or the 2016 (Hillary/Bernie) Democratic Presidential Caucus, the group you were divided into was your precinct. These are essentially your immediate neighbors. And in Wallingford, your neighbors mostly vote for Democrats.
Wallingford voting for Democrats is no surprise, but …